More Orienteering with Less Work

Over the last ten years I’ve been trying out in the Hutt Valley a number of new
forms of orienteering which interest me, and have suddenly realised that they have
a common thread: more orienteering with less work!

These forms are rogaining, mountainbike-orienteering, and park-orienteering (for
other than beginners)

As MAPsport Services, I offer to visit your club and show you how you can do it!

The amounts of money are quite modest, because (a) my charges are low and (b) the
time involved is low. We are certainly not talking about the $10,000 it takes to
make a new competition map, more like 5% of this. And because this is “volunteer
training”, it would be top priority for a Hillary Commission Community Sport Fund
Application.

It could also be called “club development” and I note that the NZOF development
budget has again been underspent in 2001. This may be another area for funding
assistance.

Below I list some things I could do for your club over a 2-3-day visit. If you
require it I have loaded detailed advice for filling in your HC grant application
on my website www.mapsport.co.nz. (The wording is written so that it could apply
to controller training, coach training, first aid training etc, and I suggest that
as well as employing me you consider these other areas.) HC grant applications
usually close with your local body on 31 March.

Even without a grant, what are you most short of: money, or volunteer time?
I welcome the chance to discuss these ideas with you.